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Which predator has the most lethal claws?
Topic Started: Dec 28 2016, 10:04 PM (2,964 Views)
Grazier
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It's the truest of all claws, should a cats fingernails be considered claws? That is the question.
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Therizinosaurs had the most lethal claws.
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Carnotaur
Dec 29 2016, 10:19 AM
Can the crab's pinch really be considered a true claw?


No, its a pincher (chelae)

Grazier
Dec 29 2016, 10:30 AM
It's the truest of all claws, should a cats fingernails be considered claws? That is the question.


Unlike Crustacean chelae, Cats claws are true claws;

"A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). However, the word "claw" is also often used in reference to an invertebrate. Somewhat similar fine hooked structures are found in arthropods such as beetles and spiders, at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as the creature walks. Crabs', lobsters' and scorpions' pincers, or more formally, their "chelae", are sometimes called claws. A true claw, (as opposed to a chela) is made of hard protein called keratin. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claw



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Its birds of prey. They have the most lethal claws of predators. Not cats or bears or mustelids.
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Taipan
Dec 29 2016, 12:36 PM
Carnotaur
Dec 29 2016, 10:19 AM
Can the crab's pinch really be considered a true claw?


No, its a pincher (chelae)

Grazier
Dec 29 2016, 10:30 AM
It's the truest of all claws, should a cats fingernails be considered claws? That is the question.


Unlike Crustacean chelae, Cats claws are true claws;

"A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). However, the word "claw" is also often used in reference to an invertebrate. Somewhat similar fine hooked structures are found in arthropods such as beetles and spiders, at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as the creature walks. Crabs', lobsters' and scorpions' pincers, or more formally, their "chelae", are sometimes called claws. A true claw, (as opposed to a chela) is made of hard protein called keratin. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claw



In that case, I'd go with birds of prey, at least if we just count extant predators.
Soup
Dec 29 2016, 12:35 PM
Therizinosaurs had the most lethal claws.
But Therizinosaurus is not a predator.
Edited by Ausar, Dec 29 2016, 01:18 PM.
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Oh if thats the case then Eagles have the most lethal set of claws.
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Dec 29 2016, 03:45 AM
Vinegaroons or amblypigids... do they count as having claws?
Amblypygids definitely, their chelicera look like they belong to the illegitimate child of a praying mantis and a xenomorph. They just impale whatever they want to eat and it's doomed.

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Grazier
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Well that's devastating news for us crustacean guys.
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Thanks,Taipan.

As for the topic,I am surprised nobody mentioned megaraptorans.The main claws were really large,strongly curved,very laterally compressed,and were tear-shaped in cross-section,indicating a sharp ventral border.Therizinosaurids' claws probably weren't good at killing other animals.

Regarding modern animals,birds of prey take it.The claws are raptorial and really large in relation to body size,and they have a hallux,what allow the claws to function like a jaw.
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What about Marine Iguana's?

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They look pretty lethal.
Edited by Mammuthus, Dec 29 2016, 10:37 PM.
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Marine iguanas aren't predators, and I've never heard of them really attacking using their claws.

The deadliest claws are probably the ones of birds of prey. But if we include pincers here, I'd say the pistol shrimp has the most powerful ones for its size.

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i have seen a falcon today!
israel is awesome
it was on a field with crows and the falcon fought with two
it was amazing he killed one without biting
so now i think that day birds of prey and feliade has the most lethal claws
bears are a honorable mention
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